2007 Subaru Impreza from North America

Summary:

This car is the definition of high maintenance

Faults:

Well, let's see, so far I've had the catalytic converter replaced twice, the powertrain had $3000 worth of work done on it over the summer, and the car is currently in the shop for a gas leak, and the head gasket is starting to go. There have been some other things, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. I just hit 70000 miles last week.

Thankfully, much of what I've had done to it has been under warranty. But as far as I'm concerned, having to take a car that's less than five years old, into the shop every three to six months for a major repair or some sort of check engine light problem is pretty insane. My mom didn't start having these kinds of problems with her Subaru until it was 10 years old.

Ultimately, I'm probably going to try to sell it this summer. Hopefully the next car I get won't have so many problems.

General Comments:

Overall, I've liked the car. It handles nice and mostly does what I ask of it. While it's had problems, it's never actually broken down on me.

2007 Subaru Impreza 1.5 from Turkey

Summary:

My 2007 Subaru Impreza is a bad car

Faults:

2007 Subaru Impreza works with difficulty in cold weather. It takes a lot of effort to get the engine started. Dealer cannot find reasonable solutions. Installing a block heater is not an option for me.

During cold weather, I have to get up in the middle of the night and drive this car about 15 minutes so that I can easily start the engine next morning. If I do not do that, it takes a lot of time to start the engine. If I am not lucky, the spark plugs get wet and oily and I have to get them replaced.

This car drives me crazy very well.

General Comments:

This car is very nice and it is very safe if it runs.

When I first start the engine in the morning, the brakes are very weak. I have to push the brakes with all my power to stop the car if I want a quick stop in 10-20 feet.

28th Jan 2009, 05:24

That would make me very happy. However, the bank from which I borrowed money still owns this car. I was going to go to court but the weather is unusually warm in these days in Kars Turkey. (I have to prove at the court that it is not working in cold weather) 2007 Subaru Impreza causes problem in cold weather. Am I lucky or what?

28th Jan 2009, 01:43

How about winters. If you live in a warm climate or have a nice and toasty garage, you can love your Subaru. It is not a street car. It is not a tough car. In my opinion, subaru sucks. At least, my 2007 Subaru Impreza sucks.

24th Feb 2009, 10:33

For the previous poster: I'm fairly sure that with the AWD and some good snow tires in the WRX, it performs flawlessly on snow. I don't have one of my own, but I am looking at getting a used one, and have scoured youtube.com for videos of WRX's, and have seen the results.